I'm going to start windfoiling when the surf blows out. I'll put a mast track in my 8'5" JL foilboard. But I probably won't wear a helmet. Most crashes I have are faceplants from overfolling, and a helmet increases the neck pressure of the crash--at least that's my experience. With helmet--major league stiff neck.

I've got a 3.3 and a 2.9 I picked up used. I tried to sail Mr. Fugly but I put the mast track in the wrong place. I stuck it in the middle of the board, forgetting that the foil is a long way from the tail. I think it needs to be about in the middle of the section from mast to nose.

I've got a 3.3 and a 2.9 I picked up used. I tried to sail Mr. Fugly but I put the mast track in the wrong place. I stuck it in the middle of the board, forgetting that the foil is a long way from the tail. I think it needs to be about in the middle of the section from mast to nose.

With your rear foot over the mast, put mast base right in front of front foot. Toes touching volcano pad.

Gary would have a little heart attack looking at that lashup. He's very foil-savvy of course. My idea of using a soft trailing edge with camber to give a wider range of lift vs. speed is a straight up steal from Mr. Efferding. He showed me a wing he made like that which was so old the clear urethane was a nice even amber color.

Gary also understood the value of dugout boards long ago. He was fooling around with cutouts that let the paddler stand on the bottom skin about eight years ago. He and I were also screwing around with a gyro-stabilized board based on a surfski hull but I discovered in testing that I was going to have to spin the gyro to about 15,000 RPM to get the required righting torque. Couldn't turn it either without a better gimbal system. Hmmm. No thanks. He's an interesting guy to hang out with but when we get together we both waste a day on nutball ideas without realizing it slid past us.